Cur*tail" (kŭr*tāl"), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-
tāld"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end
or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to
reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair
proportion.
Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary
has been doubled.
Macaulay.
Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n. The
scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step,
etc.